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Instead of telling a little girl "When get a boyfriend when you're older", tell her, "If you get a boyfriend when you're older."

Don't tell a boy "When you want to date later in life", tell him, "If you want to date later in life."

Instead of telling a teen "When you start experimenting with things in college", them, "If you start experimenting with things in college."

Don't tell your preteen "When you start having sex as an adult", tell them, "If you start having sex as an adult."

Edit :: Don't tell a teenager "When you have kids..." tell them "If you have kids". :: Edit end

Don't tell them when. Don't pressure them to go on a predefined path.

Tell them 'if'.

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I hate when people- including asexuals- say "sex ed shouldn't be required". I've seen it so much.

Sexual education isn't perfect. It focuses on primarily or entirely male-female intercourse. Obviously it's flawed.

But everyone should go through it at some point.

There are so many issues with the "asexuals don't need sex ed" sentiment.

I'll go through a few of them here.

Acespec erasure. Asexual does not mean "I will never have sex or have to do anything with my genitals". It means a lack of sexual attraction. The sentiment erases all sex-favourable, sex-neutral, etc asexuals. I am a sex-favourable asexual.

Sex ed does not mean "how to have sex 101". It is to do with sexual intercourse, bodies, illnesses, etc. Whether you want to have sex or not, you need to know how to take care of your genitals. Bodily care is part of sex ed.

Anything can happen. I repeat, anything can happen. If an asexual is raped, sexually assaulted, has sex at all, changes their mind and decides they're not asexual later in life, you need to know how to deal with that. I do not want to invalidate asexual teenagers. I trust them with their identities. However. There is no guarantee that all asexual teens will turn into asexual adults. Hormones are strange and can easily affect that stuff. And there's no way to know if your identity will always be what it is. I've seen asexual teens be allo adults, and allosexual teens be ace adults.

Misogyny

Misandry

Transphobia

The patriarchy

Masculine superiority

Feminine inferiority

hmm I see ya fella.